Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Tuesday, the Kremlin said His willingness to participate in new direct conversations with Ukraineso Ankara now expects a kyiv response.
“Russia has declared to be ready for the third round of conversations. Now we expect a Ukraine response. Our contact with them continues, “said the minister, cited by the official Anadolu agency.
Other Turkish media say that Fidan has made these statements after interviewing the eve with his Russian counterpart, Serguéi Lavrov, at the BRICS leaders summit held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
According to Anadolu, the head of Turkish diplomacy has alluded to Istanbul as possible headquarters of negotiations, After remembering that the city of Bosphorus already hosted two previous rounds, although it also pointed to other possibilities that some of the BRICs countries could offer.
Fidan has admitted that, especially Russia, I had the idea that “certain things should happen before conversations”, and has opined that Negotiating teams must work more to obtain concrete results in this regard.
According to the Turkish minister, he currently “continues the conversations on how The parts have divergent postures In this regard.
“Our advice is that, if they continue to negotiate, the initial positions can be reconciled through different methods and more creative solutions. We are transmitting this opinion to both parties,” he said.
Speaking about a possible summit of leaders, the Turkish minister has said that “all, including Mr. Putin, do not see any problem in meeting with his current counterparts” and has added that, “in principle, there is no inconvenience” in which the US president, Donald Trump; The Russian, Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainian, Volodimir Zelendki, and the Turk, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meet.
Under the mediation of the Turkish government, kyiv and Moscow held two rounds of conversations in Istanbul, with few results so far. The first took place in 2022, shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. In the second round, held on June 2, both delegations agreed an important exchange of prisoners.
